The Archimedes Palimpsest

John Dean, Walters Art Museum Photo

Will Noel, curator of manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum, has spent the last 12 years restoring the original writings of the Archimedes Palimpsest. An exhibit opens Sunday at the Walters that details both a modern detective story and a history of the Palimpsest that is populated with heroes and rogues.

Will Noel, curator of manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum, has spent the last 12 years restoring the original writings of the Archimedes Palimpsest. An exhibit opens Sunday at the Walters that details both a modern detective story and a history of the Palimpsest that is populated with heroes and rogues. (John Dean, Walters Art Museum Photo)

Will Noel, curator of manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum, has spent the last 12 years restoring the original writings of the Archimedes Palimpsest. An exhibit opens Sunday at the Walters that details both a modern detective story and a history of the Palimpsest that is populated with heroes and rogues.